Kathleen Parker: Virginia is GOP wake-up call

11:18 AM,
Oct. 31, 2013

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Kathleen Parker

It isn't over yet, but a bookie today would predict a Terry McAuliffe victory in the Virginia governor's election next week.

Washington Post polling shows the Democratic businessman and fundraiser with a double-digit lead (51 percent to 39 percent) over Republican Ken Cuccinelli following a campaign ad blitz that shredded the sitting attorney general over his conservative views. It's not that voters love McAuliffe. They just don't like Cuccinelli - and they really don't like the Republican Party.

Partly, this is Cuccinelli's fault. His conservative views on same-sex marriage and ...